Anumanthan Kumar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anumanthan Mohan Kumar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hougang United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| National Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Young Lions | 43 | (1) |
| 2016– | Hougang United | 23 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Singapore | 12 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:47, 20 October 2016 (UTC). | |||
Anumanthan Mohan Kumar (born 14 July 1994) is a Singapore international footballer who plays as a central midfielder for S.League club Hougang United.
Club career
Young Lions
Anumanthan began his professional football career with Young Lions in 2012. With the team short on numbers, the National Football Academy trainee was called up to the squad. He played his first game in a 1–1 draw against Balestier Khalsa on 1 April 2012.[3]
Anumanthan was one of five youth players shortlisted for the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award in 2010, which was eventually won by future Young Lions teammate Ammirul Emmran Mazlan.[4][5]
Hougang United
Anumanthan later went on to sign for Hougang United for the 2016 S.League campaign. During the annual S.League award night later that year, Anumanthan won the Young Player of the Year award and become the first Singaporean to win this award in 16 years after Hariss Harun won it in 2010.
International career
Anumanthan was part of the Singapore national under-23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.
Anumanthan was called up to the senior team in July 2013.[6] He made his senior debut for Singapore in a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Oman on 14 August 2013, coming on for striker Indra Shahdan Daud in the 70th minute.[7] He followed it up with his first start in a friendly match against China on 6 September 2013.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 24 November 2014[9]
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions | 2012 | 4 | 0 | —[lower-alpha 1] | - | - | 4 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| Career total | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
- ↑ Young Lions withdrew from the 2012 Singapore Cup due to participation in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualifiers.
- Young Lions are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions.
International
- As of 24 November 2014[10]
| Singapore national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Honours
International
Singapore
- Bronze medal - 2013
Individual
References
- ↑ "Courts Young Lions reveals squad for 2014 S.League season and renewal of sponsorship from Courts for fourth year". Football Association of Singapore. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "Courts Young Lions – players' profile". Retrieved 26 November 2014. on Facebook
- ↑ "Baslestier frustrated as late goals cancel out". S.League. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "Five talented youngsters to vie for inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Press Holdings. 20 November 2010.
- ↑ "Singapore Pools passport to excellence presented to the winner of the inaugural Dollah Kassim Award". Singapore Pools. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ "Football: Birthday surprise for Anumanthan". The New Paper. 16 July 2013.
- ↑ "Singapore 0-2 Oman - match stats". ESPN FC. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "China put six past hapless Lions". Goal. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Anumanthan Kumar profile at Soccerway
- ↑ Anumanthan Kumar at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Anu first local since Hariss to win S.League YPOTY award". fourfourtwo.sg. 1 Nov 2016.